Sun Solaris up to 7.0 profil privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun Solaris up to 7.0 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component profil. The manipulation leads to privileges management. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-1999-0674. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Sun Solaris up to 7.0 (Operating System) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component profil. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The BSD profil system call allows a local user to modify the internal data space of a program via profiling and execve.

The weakness was shared 08/09/1999 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-1999-0674. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (3121), Exploit-DB (19447), SecurityFocus (BID 570†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-23405†). The entry VDB-14766 is related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

VulDB Base Score: 8.4
VulDB Temp Score: 7.6
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

08/08/1999 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-1999-0674 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0674
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-14764
X-Force: 3121
SecurityFocus: 570 - Multiple Vendor profil(2) Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 23405 - Multiple BSD Vendors Profiling and Execve Local Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, High

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/21/2014 06:06 PM
Updated: 12/03/2024 10:09 AM
Changes: 06/21/2014 06:06 PM (51), 02/13/2017 04:17 PM (9), 12/03/2024 10:09 AM (27)
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